Linear Algebra (선형대수학)

Class Info

Class Number: MATH 231-003
Dates: Mar 04 2019 - Jun 20 2019
Room: NS 219
Meeting time:
Wed 9:00 - 10:20 (1A)
Fri 10:30 - 11:50 (2B)
Prof: Mark Siggers
Office Hours
Text: Gilbert Strang's "Linear Algebra and its Applications" (4th edition -- International Student Edition)
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Syllabus

We will cover the first four chapters of the text, and possibly some of the fifth.
We will mostly follow the order in the text.
Here is an approximate schedule.

Week Sections Topics
1 1.1 - 1.3 Gaussian Elimination
2 1.4, 1.6 Matrices
3 1.5, 2.1 Triangle Factorisation, Vector spaces
4 2.2 - 2.3 Linear Independence
5 2.4 - 2.5 Rowspace, Networks
6 2.6 Linear Transformations
7 - Test 1
8 3.1 - 3.2 Subspaces, Cosines
9 3.3 Projections
10 3.4 - 3.5 Gram-Schmidt
11 4.1 - 4.2 Determinants
12 4.3 Determinant Formulas
13 4.4 Applications
14 - Test 2

Homework and Quizzes

There will be homework problems for each class. You need not hand them in, but we will have a quiz about every two weeks, chosen from the homework problems. Many of these problems will come up on the tests.

Attendence

Quizzes will serve as a record of attendence.

Tests

There will be two tests. We will decide the date of the exams at least 2 weeks before the exam.

Evaluation

Quizzes and Attendence: 10% Tests: 2 x 45%.

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